Floods in Brazil, Drought in Kiribati

The Boston Globe:

March 8, 1999: Earthweek:The worst flooding in Brazil this decade claimed 27 lives
and left 10,000 homeless in Sao Paulo. Days of torrential rainstorms left the
city indundated. The city's slums were hardest hit, with hundreds of homes
ruined by mudslides and flash floods.

The Boston Globe: March 8, 1999:
Earthweek:The Pacific island
nation of Kiribati declared a state of emergency following a prolonged drought
that has nearly exhausted the country's freshwater supplies. The dry weather has
transformed the island nation into a chain of dustbowls, making the former
British protectorate's 81,000 inhabitants prone to airborne
diseases.